Bangladesh: People Struggling to Survive in the Most Overpopulated Country in the World

Bangladesh is a land of troubles: the water here is black, the traffic is insane, the people are poor, and the metro only goes one way; children don’t go to school, because they have to help their parents earn a living, and men sell their girlfriends to brothels. Bangladesh is also a place where ships from all over the world end their “life”, and where manual labor is so cheap that it is getting scary. 

With all the problems of Bangladesh, will I be able to see anything good in this small country in South Asia? Let’s find out!

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Hello! My name is Ilya, I am a Russian journalist and founder of various urban beautification projects in Moscow and around Russia. There is nothing in the world that I love more than traveling. On this channel, I will do my best to give you an objective overview of life in different parts of the globe. Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss my new videos!

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:57 India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
03:30 Extreme density and overcrowded trains
04:35 Traffic problems
07:15 Dhaka metro: you can only go in one direction
11:57 River of black water 
15:39 Louis Kahn’s democracy in concrete
19:19 Post office in Dhaka
20:29 Life on the rail tracks
26:35 How Bangladeshis earn living: collecting metal
29:09 What can you drink in Bangladesh?
32:19 Useless information at the airport
33:32 Chittagong port: final destination of ships
45:12 City of noise pollution
47:09 Train station without trains
48:36 How salt is produced
51:24 Me, carrying a 50 kilo bag on my head
52:04 How much do they earn in Bangladesh?
54:16 Women in Bangladesh
56:19 Ferry trip
01:01:22 Daulatdia and Amsterdam: what makes them similar?
01:12:22 Women born in the city of paid love
01:19:03 Living conditions in Daulatdia
01:19:29 The highway that makes no sense
01:23:45 Panam Nagar, a local ghost town
01:29:58 You can’t film the beautiful part!
01:31:28 Bangladeshi gypsies
01:35:42 Life of nomadic healers
01:37:27 Conclusion

[szs]

I am Bangladeshi and I’m glad you’ve shown the negative aspects of our country. These days many YouTubers come here and make “oh BD is so cultural, pretty…” type of videos just for clicks from this huge population. Ya we have good sides too but the bad outweigh everything. And we need to be more concerned and active to solve all our own problems.

[lazygagalxxxv]

I sent this video to my Bangladeshi friends and family. Most are in denial that there's any problem. If you don't acknowledge you have a problem you cannot change.

[barbarastepien-foad]

My husband spent a month in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, St Martin's island etc..., he came home with pneumonia, probably from the pollution and had to be hospitalised for several days. He said that the motorbikes use two stroke petrol which spews out into the roads where your car or bus is also spewing out and this is breathed in. He travelled all over and met some lovely people he was looked after very well and liked the villages with their pools of water for fish and sunken boats. The other stories he told made me cry.

Problem is when these people and similar from Pakistan etc come to the uk they bring with them these atrocious base standards, spitting in the streets, no care for parking cars, throwing rubbish everywhere, corruption and lies etc etc etc they need educating to raise standards in these respects. Neverthless they are essentially kind and helpful.

[abdullahsharif]

As a Bangladeshi, I am so much grateful to you. Everybody should watch this video. What you have shown is the real picture. It's a hell. Another major problem you didnt mention. Food adulteration. Everything is toxic here.

[crocodile]

I'm very impressed by the number of Bangladeshi people in these comments that are complimenting the author of the video for portraying their country with such raw honesty. It takes a real love of your country to be open and honest about its problems and want to try to solve them, instead of being defensive and blaming the filmmaker for having the audacity to show the truth.

[AtlasDX-zqex]

I'm a Bangladeshi 🇧🇩 and this is the most honest beautiful documentary of the country I've seen so far. Apart from "oh no how kind and amazing culture they have" we also got severe air pollutation, our rivers are dead, our children cannot go outside in cities. Even walking freely for an evening is a luxury here. We've got severe lack of basic necessities like clean water, non toxic foods, housing and basic education. People suffer here. And they figure out different means to deal with it. Often by integrating all these problems as a characteristic of the nation and not realizing they can and should actually be solved for ourselves and the future generations.

[prasannapeiris]

The main problem of all third world countries is uncontrolled growth of population. That increases poverty, pollution and so many other social and health problems. But governments usually shy away from providing any practical solution for the fear of provoking extremist religious institutions.

[whoopsydaisy]

If I had to live in that constant chaos and filth, I think I would lose my mind. I cant even begin to imagine wanting to bring a child into all of that.

[Musfiq]

literally it's a hell, and here we are suffering, most of people like me can not escape from this hell

[asifadnan]

Hi Ilya! I am Bangladeshi in origin living in Germany. You have shown the courage to tell things as they are in Bangladesh. So far I have seen only to have done this. I would like to thank you for bringing such shortcomings in front of everyone. I hope that people in Bangladesh will start noticing them and take measures to eradicate them. Please keep up the good work. Best wishes!

[houdinisroad]

The girls in the brothel are heartbreaking! No one should have to endure this 😢

[malayaexposed]

I lived in Bangladesh as a tourist for one month and I became very sick throughout my period of stay, temperatures were 45 degrees throughout, dirty streets and many beggars in the Dhaka shook me. Worst country in the world for sure

[nasimahmed]

As a Bangladeshi, my heartfelt gratitude to you for upholding the bonafide potray of our country..

[andybhoy]

The government needs to put money into the country instead of their own pockets that's the problem in countries like this their governments are so corrupt and don't care about their people

[Deadfoot-Dan]

Very well done, this is high quality journalism that really gives an insiders viewpoint of life in the country.

[okacet]

Excellent video.
Very honest.
Thanks for uploading it.

[williamllorens]

It’s a shame that some good hard working people are trapped in such an awful place without the possibility to leave and live a better lifestyle. I feel sorry for them

[LR-vyyy]

He's right about the car horns what's the freaking point! It's not improving the situation. People are attacking this man, but he actually makes some good observations.

[mtcbdth]

Thank you for doing this amazing documentary!! 🙏🏼❤️

[jopanachi]

This Muslim country has to take it seriously to adopt family planning, one family one child.